Climate averages 1991–2020

Loja weather
in July.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.8°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 12.8°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 37 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Loja: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuenca (124 km away). In July its highs average 16.0°C, 3.8°C cooler than Loja, with 74 mm of rain.

Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Loja ranks 7th of 9 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 9 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 9 cities is 22.3°C; Loja is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Loja climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Loja, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	20.9°C14.8°C	14.8°C	167	22.5	12.312 h
February	20.8°C15.0°C	15.0°C	197	23.0	12.212 h
March	20.8°C14.9°C	14.9°C	204	24.2	12.112 h
April	20.8°C14.8°C	14.8°C	148	20.9	12.012 h
May	20.8°C14.5°C	14.5°C	82	16.3	11.912 h
June	20.1°C13.7°C	13.7°C	49	11.7	11.912 h
July, selected	19.8°C12.8°C	12.8°C	37	10.1	11.912 h
August	20.7°C12.8°C	12.8°C	24	6.9	12.012 h
September	21.9°C13.9°C	13.9°C	36	8.4	12.112 h
October	22.1°C14.4°C	14.4°C	88	16.2	12.212 h
November	22.0°C14.5°C	14.5°C	133	19.2	12.312 h
December	21.3°C14.7°C	14.7°C	146	21.8	12.312 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Loja

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Loja) is explained once on the Loja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.